Dear Readers, It is with heavy heart that I announce that as of now, I will be indefinitely suspending my efforts to pursue representation for Deathless, my novel. I began working on Deathless on July 22, 2013, more than six years ago. Back then, I never imagined that I would still be working on it …
Hello readers! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but the dry spell is finally over. This week I’ll return to The Cluttered Desk to spread my writerly vibes and appreciation for sci-fi to the world. Things are finally settling down again for me. In the time I was away from the blog, I moved …
Hello everyone. There will be no science Saturday today. I put all my available time this week into Deathless, so all three of the posts I had scheduled for this week got put on hold. Expect some cool stuff next week though. Speaking of Deathless though, I have some big news: It’s finished. Like, completely …
Writing time is a fragile thing for me. I often have the attention span of a goldfish, so any small distraction is liable to turn a solid chunk of time that I’ve set aside for writing into something else entirely. I hesitate to say “wasted time,” but if we’re being honest, that’s often what it …
So I’ve finished my proofreading of Deathless draft 2, and I’m pleasantly surprised at what I’ve found. It’s not terrible. In fact, it’s pretty good. That might seem a little underwhelming, but some of you might remember the result of my reread of the first draft. t looked something like this: I made much fewer annotations …
Today, I picked up Deathless again for the first time since I finished draft 2. I’ve let it sit long enough, and it’s time to approach it again with a fresh perspective. The first step of this process is to print out the draft. This is the fun part: There it is in its entirety. …
Welcome back to the Cluttered Desk! After taking a few weeks off from the blog, I’ve returned to my usual post schedule. This rest has been much needed, but I feel refreshed and ready to take on 2019! Just because I’ve been away from the blog though, doesn’t mean I’ve been away from writing completely. …
Short stories are hard. I’ve always known that I prefer writing novels to short stories, and now that I’m trying my hand at short fiction again, I remember why. I’ve already talked about why I think it’s important for me to write short stories right now, and none of those reasons are that all the …
“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” -Ray Bradbury. Bradbury knew a thing or two about writing, and he makes a good point here, but until such a time as I quit my job, I probably won’t be following his advice. Anyway, I think …
Hello! I hope everyone is having a great week so far. Now that I’m letting the second draft of Deathless sit for a while before returning to it, I’ve been doing some housekeeping here on the site. Not as exciting as writing, but I am happy to announce that the About Me page is now active!. It …